Sanitary device for massage implements.



mw/ f -LESLO M. DE LESEO.

. SANITARY DEVICE FOR MASSAGE IMPLEMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26. 1915.

1,155,341. Patented 0@t.5,1915.

\ WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY MICHAEL DE LESEO, OF PITTSBURGH,PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY DEVICE FOR MASSAGE IMPLEMENTS.

Application filed January 26, 1915.

T all whom it may concern:

tary Devices for Massage Implements, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sanitary device for massage implements andhas for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, asanitary cap tiapable of being detachably connected to the flexiblemassage cup now in general use and after being employed readily removedand destroyed whereby it prevents the cap per se contacting with thebody or face of a person during a massage treatment and under suchconditions a sanitary massage implement will be set up. 4

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for the purposeset forth which is simple in its construction and .ar-

rangement, readily attached to the massage implement, and inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to, be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several. views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of amassage implement showing the adaptation thereto of a cap in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. of theimplement showing the cap in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof an implement with the cap attached thereto. Fig. 4 is an invertedplan having the cap secured thereto.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 denotes the fiexible massageimplement, of inverted cup-shape, and which is of a form now in generaluse, the implement is flaring in contour and constructed of rubber. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 5, 1915. Serial N 0. 4,523.

smaller end of the implement 1, carries means as at 2, for detachablyconnecting the implement to a means for revolving it.

A cap in accordance with this invention and which is detachably securedto the implement 1 is constructed of thin fibrous material preferablypaper, and comprises a cone-shaped body portion 3, which terminates in aflange and the latter is provided at diametrically opposite points, withV- shaped projections 5.

The pocket or recess of the implement 1 is indicated at 6 and againstits bottom 7 abuts the apex 8 of the body portion 3 and the latter has aportion of its outer face snugly engaging a portion of the side wall ofthe recess or pocket 6.

The flange 4 snugly engages the edge of the implement l ard also extendsupon the outer face thereof, and the V-shaped projections 5 also engagethe outer face of the implement 1. The flange 4 and V-shaped projections5 are employed for detachably connecting a cap to the implement 1 andthe band 90f the flange 4, which engages the edge of the implement 1,constitutes the working face. of the device when the imple ment 1 isemployed for massaging.

The material from which the cap is formed is of sufiicient durability tolast when the implement 1 is used for massage treatment.

What I claim is:-

A sanitary cap for a massage implement comprising a cone-shaped bodyformed of thin flexible material having its base provided with a flangecapable of over-lapping the edge of a massage cup whereby said capisdetachably secured to the cup, the bend of said flange constitutingthe working face of a cap when the cup is used, and a pair ofprojections carried by said flange and providing means in connectionwith the flange for detachably securing thecap to the cup.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL DE LESEO.

Witnesses:

MARIE H. ZBIERA, B. E. JENKINS.

